May 30th, 2008
Could applying lip gloss increase your risk of skin cancer?
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Lip gloss: it’s a woman’s staple. For some guys, too, I ’spose, but who am I to judge?
Anyhoo…the use of lip gloss tragically misleads many a person into thinking their lips are protected while out […]
By Liberty -- 0 comments
May 21st, 2008
New research indicates that pregnant women using mobile phones possibly have an increased risk of giving birth to children with behavioural problems.
The study, based on questioning the mothers of over 13,000 children born in the late 1990s, found that…
“… mothers who did use the handsets were 54 per cent more likely to have children with behavioural […]
By Liz -- 6 comments
May 19th, 2008
Did you know May is Skin Cancer Awareness month? It surely is. And to draw even more awareness to what has become an increasingly pertinent issue, the Beauty & Style channel here at b5media (where I also write) will be hosting a Theme Day centered around this very issue.
Tuesday, May 20, will see links from […]
By Liberty -- 1 comment
May 13th, 2008
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Love the buzz of a Red Bull or Rock Star? If you have high blood pressure, you may want to fall out of love…quickly!
A study by Wayne State University in Michigan which was recently presented at the American Heart Association found that the […]
By Liberty -- 2 comments
May 9th, 2008
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Need yet another reason to enjoy tea time? How about this…
Researchers at Dartmouth University have found that drinking two or more cups of black or green tea every day can cut your risk of acquiring two of the most common types of skin cancer.
Your risk […]
By Liberty -- 1 comment
May 7th, 2008
More Healthbolt approved links for you this week, all plucked straight from the blogs on the Healthbolt blogroll.
What’s that you say? You want to be on our blogroll, too? Great, just drop us a comment here or in an email and we’ll be happy to add you. As we see it, the more resources readers […]
By Liberty -- 6 comments
May 6th, 2008
DiabetesMine and Medgadget are co-hosting the 2nd Annual DiabetesMine Design Challenge…
“a competition designed to foster innovation in diabetes design and encourage creative new tools that will improve life with diabetes.”
This challenge is a follow on from the Open Letter to Steve Jobs that Amy Tenderich from DiabetesMine posted last year right after Apple […]
By Liz -- 0 comments
May 4th, 2008
Earlier this week Liberty and I took the Vitality Compass quiz to see where we sit in the longevity stakes.
But then we asked ’why should we have all the fun’. So we issued a Healthbolt Vitality Compass Challenge.
Here’s the brave souls who took up the challenge and not only completed the Vitality Compass quiz but also […]
By Liz -- 11 comments
April 30th, 2008
After tackling the Vitality Compass the other day, I decided that week’s ‘healthy health links’ should be all about fitness…
Vital Juice Daily gives us a few tips on Wind Down Workouts
Cranky Fitness reminds us of the Top Six Ways to Feel Uncool Exercising.
That’s Fit has tips on the 7 Habits of Successful Snackers.
Medlaunches has all […]
By Liz -- 3 comments
April 28th, 2008
So it’s my turn to report my results from the Vitality Compass Quiz, and let me tell you, I was not anxious to take that thing at first. I figured you’d have to be the next Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jessica Alba to score even decently on it, but after reading Liz’s results, I was encouraged. […]
By Liberty -- 1 comment
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